12-Year-Old Boy Who Died At Therapeutic Camp Showed Possible Signs Of Poisoning

New details from search warrants obtained by HuffPost revealed that a12-year-old boy who was found dead and naked from the waist down at a North Carolina camp for “troubled” youths may have ingested poison.

The boy, identified only as “CJH” by the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, was found dead on Feb. 3, less than 24 hours after arriving at Trails Carolina, a “therapeutic wilderness program” south of Asheville, North Carolina.

According to the warrants, detectives found the child’s body inside a bunk house. The body was positioned on its back with the knees bent upward. Investigators noted that the body was cold and stiff, with possible bruising around an eye.

Detectives noted that the boy was not wearing pants or underwear when authorities found the body and that the clothing items were next to his shoulder. When asked how the pants got there, the camp counselors told detectives they were unsure.

Investigators said foam came from the boy’s mouth when they rolled him over, which they noted “could’ve indicated that he ingested some sort of poison,” according to the warrants, which were dated Feb. 6.

CJH’s body was taken to the morgue for an autopsy. The forensic pathologist who conducted the autopsy said the death “appeared to not be natural, but the manner and cause of death is still pending,” according to a news release by the sheriff’s office.

One camp counselor described the 12-year-old as “loud and irate” when he first arrived, adding that he refused to eat dinner but later calmed down to eat some snacks, according to the warrants.

The counselor said the boy slept in a sleeping bag inside a small tent, referred to as a “bivvy,” on his first night at the camp, according to the documents. The counselor also